The University of South Alabama

Department of Philosophy

Fall, 2008

New Faculty Member!

The Philosophy Department is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Allan Hillman to the Department. A native of Mississippi, Allen received his Ph.D. in the summer of 2008 from Purdue University. He specializes in Early Modern Philosophy and Metaphysics, with a dissertation on Leibniz. We look forward greatly to his contributions to our program.

Important Upcoming Conference Information for Students and Professional Philosophers:

1st annual Interdisciplinary Approach to Philosophical Issues Conference (2008)

Hosted by the University of South Alabama

This year's theme will be "At the Crossroads of Philosophy and Psychology"

Sponsored by University of South Alabama Philosophy Department and the SGA

September 19-20 2008

Keynote speaker: Joshua Knobe, University of North Carolina

Submissions are due no later than August 1. Early submissions are encouraged.

Presentations should be 20 to 30 minutes in length. Presentations will be followed by commentary and audience discussion.

Papers should be prepared for blind review.

The cover page should include the following:

1) author's name
2) professional or student submission (note: advanced students are welcome to submit "upwards")
3) institutional affiliation
4) email address
5) telephone number
6) the paper's title
7) an abstract - 150 words maximum

Papers in any area of philosophy are welcome, but papers in the area of philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, will be given special consideration. Philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, includes, but is not limited to, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of moral psychology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, action theory, artificial intelligence, rationality, philosophical psychology, etc. We encourage papers from across all disciplines, as long as the papers are philosophical in nature.

Student papers - undergraduate or graduate - in any area of philosophy are welcome, but papers in the area of philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, will be given special consideration. Philosophy of psychology, broadly construed, includes, but is not limited to, philosophy of psychology, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of moral psychology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, action theory, artificial intelligence, rationality, philosophical psychology, etc. We encourage papers from students across all disciplines, as long as the papers are philosophical in nature.

There will be a $15 conference fee for student submitters, payable at the conference. A prize will be awarded to the best student paper.

There will be a $25 conference fee for professional presenters, payable at the conference.

Papers should be emailed to jss310@jaguar1.usouthal.edu no later than August 1.
Questions can be emailed to jss310@jaguar1.usouthal.edu.

Philosophy Club Meeting. The Philosophy Club is meeting this Springl. The Club is open to any interested U.S.A. student, regardless of major. Contact Christina at CMT401 _ at _ jaguar1.usouthal.edu for details.